The 2002 Indian vice presidential election was held on 12 August 2002 to elect the newly vacated post of the vice president of India. Bhairon Singh Shekhawat defeated Sushil Kumar Shinde to become 11th vice president of India. Incumbent VP Krishan Kant did not contest the election and died before the election occurred. Sekhawat got nearly 60% of votes.
Candidates
National Democratic Alliance National Democratic Alliance For Vice President Leader of Opposition of the Rajasthan Legislative AssemblyBhairon Singh Shekhawat Bharatiya Janata Party
Congress Alliance Indian National Congress For Vice PresidentMember of Lok Sabha for SolapurSushil Kumar Shinde Indian National Congress
Results
|- align=center !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" class="unsortable"| !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center|Candidate !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Party !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |Electoral Votes !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" |% of Votes
|align="left"|Bhairon Singh Shekhawat||align="left"|BJP||454||59.82
|align="left"|Sushil Kumar Shinde||align="left"|INC||305||40.18 |- | colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"| |- ! colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"| Total ! style="text-align:right;"|759 ! style="text-align:right;"|100.00 |- | colspan="5" style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
|colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Valid Votes||759||99.09 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Invalid Votes||7||0.91 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Turnout||766||96.96 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Abstentions||24||3.04 |- |colspan="3" style="text-align:left;"|Electors||790|| style="background:#e9e9e9;"|
See also 2002 Indian presidential election
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